12 UU直播 researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards
Published: June 1, 2023
Twelve researchers at the UU直播 are receiving Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies with strong socio-economic potential that will have a positive impact on society.
鈥淭he UU直播 congratulates this year鈥檚 recipients, whose work is addressing some of society鈥檚 most important challenges,鈥 said Leah Cowen, UU直播鈥檚 vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. 鈥淔rom energy-saving windows to the use of plant hormones as appetite suppressants or the development of therapeutic targets that hold promise for a broad range of neurodegenerative diseases, these researchers鈥 inventions have the potential to make life-changing impacts here in Canada and around the world.鈥
This year's recipients are:
- : A tool to optimize complex formulations based on evolutionary computation accelerated by artificial neural networks
- : The use of a plant hormone CX as an appetite suppressant
- : Development of broad-spectrum, host-directed antivirals
- : Reducing microplastic fibre pollution using low friction polymer brush as textile coatings
- : A hardware accelerator for fully homomorphic encryption-based machine learning applications
- , UU直播 Mississauga: Development of an artificial intelligence-driven platform to explore the undruggable genome
- : Smart building facades for scalable operational energy management
- : Production and evaluation of hemoglobin-bis-tetramers for oxygen transport to increase supply of lungs for transplant by enhancing ex vivo perfusion of donor lungs
- : A platform for safety evaluation of chemical agents
- : Targeting TDP-43 aggregation as therapeutics for TDP-43 proteinopathies
- : Novel electrodes for non-invasive electrical nerve stimulation
- : Autonomous additive manufacturing system
The Connaught Innovation Award, which provides one-time seed funding to support the development and commercialization of the researchers鈥 innovative technologies, is backed by 鈥 the . Established 50 years ago through the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which is known for the discovery and production of insulin, the fund supports UU直播 scholars through programs such as the , the , the , and international doctoral scholarships.
